Extract  from 


"CONSTRUCTION” 

Published  at  Pittsburg',  June  10,  1905 


THE  POSTAL  LAWS  OF  THE  UNITED  STATES 
AS  RELATED  TO  BUSINESS  INTERESTS 


AN  ADDRESS 

Delivered  before  the  Merchants’  and 
Manufacturers’ Association  of 
Pittsburg,  at  its  Annual  Ban¬ 
quet  at  the  Hotel  Schenley, 

June  6,  1905.  by 

MR.  CHARLES  WILLIAM  BURROWS 
President  of  The  Burrows  Brothers 
Company,  Cleveland,  Ohio 


Presented  with  the  compliments  of 
The  Burrows  Brothers  Company 


so  high  class  houses  as  Browning,  King  &  Com¬ 
pany  and  many  others. 

AS'  I  HAVE  SAID  BEFORE,  THE 
GROWTH  OF  NEW  PERIODICALS  HAS 
AVERAGED  MORE  THAN  TEN  A  DAT , 
SUNDAYS  AND  ALL  INCLUDED,  EVERY 
DAY  FOR  THE  LAST  FIVE  YEARS,  and  it 
is  getting  where  you  cannot  see  the  woods  for 
the  trees.  And  frankly,  while  I  consider  it  of  tire 
utmost  importance  that  every  business  organi¬ 
zation  and  commercial  body  in  the  country 
should  unitedly  band  together  to  produce  all  the 
sentiment  possible  to  educate  the  public  and 
their  congressional  representatives  on  this  sub¬ 
ject,  YET  WE  MUST  LOOK  FOR  MORE 
HELP  FROM  THE  ASSISTANCE  THAT 
CAN  AND  SHOULD  OF  RIGHT  BE  REN¬ 
DERED  TO  US  BY  THE  DAILY  AND 
WEEKLY  PAPERS  AND  THE  BETTER 
CLASS  OF  MONTHLY  PERIODICALS 
THAN  IN  ANY  OTHER  WAY.  The  en¬ 
tire  publicity  machinery  of  the  country  has 
up  to  within  a  short  time  been  arrayed 
upon  the  other  side  of  the  question,  but 
now  the  tide  has  turned.  WHERE  A  DAILY 
PAPER  IS  SAVING  FROM  EIVE'DOL- 
LARS  TO  ONE  HUNDRED  ON  ITS  POST¬ 
AGE  BILLS  THROUGH  THE  OPERA¬ 
TION  OF  THIS  LAW,  IT  IS  LOSING 
FROM  ONE  HUNDRED  TO  ONE  THOU- 


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SAND  DOLLARS  ON  ITS  ADVERTISE 
REVENUES.  THE  SAME  ARGUMENT, 
M1Y  OPINION,  ALSO  APPLIES  WI1 
EQUAL  STRENGTH  TO  THE  BETTI 
CLASS  OF  THE  JOURNALS  OF  MONTlj 
LY  ISSUANCE,  FOR  WERE  THE  THOl 
SANDS  OF  THEIR  WEAK  competitc 
weeded  out,  they  could  procure  their  advertisirl 
patronage  far  more  cheaply  and  hold  their  rati 
much  more  stiffly,  and  while  they  might  nc 
make  money  as  swiftly  as  they  have  done  in  tli 
past  they  would  at  least  do  so  much  more  freell 
than  they  can  do  if  the  law  stands  and  the  ur 
checked  flood  of  new  competitors  is  permitte 
to  come  into  existence. 

But,  gentlemen,  I  have  detained  you  ovei 
long,  and  before  I  sit  down  I  will  thank  you  fo 
your  attention. 


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